SynopsisHiʻiakaikapoliopele is sent on a journey to fetch Pele’s lover, Lohiʻau, in Kauaʻi and bring him back to her untouched and unsoiled. Pele in return promises to keep Hiʻiaka’s Lehua grove safe and protect her beloved friend, Hōpoe, until she returns. As Hiʻiaka travels on her journey with her companions Wahineʻōmaʻo and Pāʻūopalaʻā, she is faced with many obstacles, battles, loss, and sacrifice. Pele in her jealous rage destroys everything that Hiʻiaka prized dearly and in doing so has waged war against her sister Hiʻiaka. Through Hiʻiaka’s challenges and sacrifices she overcomes all in the process of her deification.

This version of Nā Kau a Hiʻiaka was created for a touring production of the play at the Richard T. Mamiya Theatre sponsored in part by Chaminade Univeristy and the University of Hawaii Department of Theatre and Dance. In its original form Nā Kau a Hiʻiaka was originally produced by the University of Hawaii Department of Theatre and Dance in partial fulfillment of the requeirements of the Master of Fine Arts Hawaiian Theatre Degree for Puakahiki Kauʻi Kaina. It opened at Brigham Young Univeristy Hawaii on March 10, 2017. Special mahalo to the following individuals: Tammy Hailiʻōpua Baker, Kumu Hula Keawe Lopes, Stacy Ray, Cheri Vasek, Dr. Kalena Silva, Kumu Cy Bridges, Kumu Hula Kimo Alama Keaulana, Kumu Hula Mapuana & Kahikina DeSilva, Kumu Hula Manu Boyd, Kumu Hula Kealiʻi Reichel, ʻAwaiāulu Press, Puakea Nogelmeier, Tuti Sanborn, Windward Community College Hawaiian Language Department, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Theatre and Dance Department, Kawaihuʻelani Center for Hawaiian Language, Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, Haleleʻa Arts Foundation, ʻŌiwi Television, Naʻalehu Anthony, Keoni Lee, Kuʻulei Bezilla, Papahana Kuaola, Kīhei Nahale-a, Ānuenue Punua, Alohahalani Housman, Mrs. Gayle Ishii-Chang, John Young Scholarship in the Arts, Hoʻoulu ʻĀina, Hui Kū Maoli Ola, Nick Lum, Nelson Makua, Nā Mākua Designs.